Quick-equalizing marker



F. W. DEITZ.

QUICK EOUALIZING MARKER. APPLICATION FILED MAR 24,1919.

Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

BNVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 12, TQZR.

FRANK w. nnrrz, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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QUIGKEQUALIZING MARKER.

Application .filed. March 24, 1919, Serial No. 284,778.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK N. Dinrz, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Ii'nprovements in Quick-EqualizingMarkers, of which I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide an improved device orinstrument for ruling a multiple number of parallel lines simultaneouslyat equal distances apart, and in which by adjustment the amount of spacebetween the lines can be varied to suit the requirements of theoperator,and all movements of the ruling points will be simultaneously made andequal in amount, thus enabling the operator to rule a multiple number ofparallel lines at any desired equal distance apart by means of oneadjustment of the device.

The instrument adapted for the use of carpenters, joiners, cabinetmakers and draftsmen in all trades, where materials or joints must bespaced accurately at uniform distances apart, and the device employs asits foundation a graduated bar or plate upon which drafting implementsare simultaneously and automatically movable.

The invention further comprises the forms of structure and arrangementof p arts, hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings,and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan of the device; Fig. 2 is an endelevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof; Fig. 4 is anend elevation of the pencil carrying device; Fig. 5 is a perspective ofone of the bars of the pivoted rack by means of which all the pencilsare simultaneously moved to desired positions; Fig. 6 is an enlargedfragment thereof.

In these views A is a flat plate or bar having a graduated edge B. Theupper surface of the ruler is grooved at C parallel to its edge toprovide a seat for the slidable bases D, D, upon which standards E, E,are secured, in which clamps F, F, are pivoted. Guides G, G secure thebases in place. Within these clamps drawing tools such as pens orpencils H, H, are secured.

The several bases D, are movably conn'ected together in such a manner asto simultaneously recede from each other or to approach each other,b ymeans otbars I, I,

pivoted centrally to each other at J, J, in pairs, and the outer ends ofadjoining pairs pivoted together at K, IQand the inner ends of adjoiningpairs pivoted together and to the standards at L, L; In use one end orthe rackis clamped tightly to the ruler at M, through one of said barsby means of a screw threaded bolt or nut, and the rack is pulled out orcollapsed from the other end until all the drawing implements registerwith the required divisions of the graduated edge. The ruler and drawingimplements are then applied to the work to be measured oil? and alllines drawn will be cqui-distant apart.

In carpentry or j oiners work this device is particularly adapted foraccurately spacing siding for houses, for spacing mullions for windowsash, panels in doors, and for many similar spacing operations, fordesks and furniture, in cabinet work, for trimming and roofingmeasurements, and for analogous uses in alltrades in wood and metal.

The device can also be employed in parallel ruling, in otlice drafting,or in printing operations. The drawing implements are det-achablysecured in the clamps and can be interchanged or adjusted in length asdesired.

The clamps which secure the ruling points are pivoted to the basestandards, so that unequal divisions of space can be obtained by liftingone or more of them out of contact with the work as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2, or the points can be drawn back in their holders.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. In a multiple ruling device, in combination, aplate or bar having a graduated edge and provided with a groove parallelto the edge, a multiple number of bases slidably movable in said groove,vertically swinging supports for drawing implements secured to saidbases, and a rack composed of pairs of crossed bars, the bars in eachpair being pivoted together intermediate of their ends, and the outerends of adjoining pairs being pivoted together, and the inner ends ofadjoining pairs being pivoted together and to said bases.

2. In a multiple ruling device, a graduated plate or bar, a multiplenumber of elongated bases movable thereon towards and from each other,connecting and retaining means for said movable bases, and draftingmeans pivotally attached to said bases.

3. In a multiple ruling device, a base plate or bar, a multiple numberof bases slidingly movable thereon, standards for said bases, holdersfor drawing instruments pivoted upon said standards, an extensible andcollapsible rack composed of pivotally connected pairs of pivotallyconnected bars, said bars operatively connected With said bases, and aclamping means for one of the bars at one end of said rack.

l. In a multiple ruling device, a base plate or bar, a ultiple number ofbases slidingly movable thereon standards upon minal base, and stamp ngmeans for said base.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 5 day of March, 1919.

FRANK W. DEITZ. Witnesses:

/VM. M. MONROE, CHAs. F. SIPE.

